#EUJapanCooperation @Rielcano
Madrid 21 February 2019 - Yukaru Akeda, Lecturer at Rikkyo Law School at Japan, talks to Mario Esteban, Elcano Royal Institute, on the implications of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement for a Free, Open and Fair International Trade and Economic Systems.
The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement is a new generation free trade agreement that not only opens a market equivalent to almost a third of the world's gross domestic product, but also sets ambitious standards in different areas thatcould influence future international efforts for trade liberalization. For its part, the strategic partnership agreement provides acomprehensive framework for enhanced political and sectoral cooperation on areas of common interest, including security.
Elcano Royal Institute organized a conference on 21 February 2019 gathering officials and experts from different European countries and Japan to discuss in detail the implications of these EU-Japan partnership agreements on the bilateral relation andon global governance in a context of rising international instability.
